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All-Ego Sports Team starts here
What came first, the ego or the egg? Does success make you confident or does confidence make you a success?
In the sports world, you'd be hard-pressed to find a major star without a double scoop of chutzpah. It's a requirement of war.
Even decent guys...Tags: Curt Schilling, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong, Major League Baseball, Manny Ramirez
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Shea goodbye: Mets out
Associated PressDoomed by a dreadful bullpen that failed them again yesterday, the New York Mets completed their second consecutive September slide with a 4-2 loss to the Florida Marlins that knocked them out of playoff contention in the final game at Shea Stadium....Tags: David Wright, Wes Helms, Distilling and Brewing Industry, History, Milwaukee Brewers
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'P.O.V.': being sick in U.S.
Even though it is the second week of a new fall network season, you have to go hunting for something special to watch tonight. But shows are out there - they're just not on network TV. A CRITICAL LOOK: In this era of celebrity worship and reality TV,...Tags: NBC, Anne Hathaway, Television Industry, Ellen DeGeneres, CBS Corp.
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Ride, boldly ride ...
Mr. Flip supposes he could say Lance Armstrong's judgment has been in question ever since his splits with Sheryl Crow and then Kate Hudson. However, did you ever consider that the guy needs a break from hanging out with gorgeous, famous women? And what...Tags: Kate Hudson, Muhammad Ali, New York Mets, Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan
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PASSINGS
Tom Tresh Yankee fielder was top rookie Tom Tresh, 71, the 1962 American League Rookie of the Year and member of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series, died Wednesday at his home in Venice, Fla., after a heart attack. Tresh was a...Tags: National Government, Management Change, Television Industry, Engineering, Chicago White Sox
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Rays Raise Intrigue In AL East Rivalries
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Let's hope some kind of lasting rivalry, a real, ringing rivalry, not one October of cowbell ringing comes out of this American League Championship Series. And not just for the Red Sox, but for the Yankees, too. Each year,...Tags: Easter, Boston Red Sox, Manny Ramirez, Major League Baseball, Ben Sheets
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Former Yankee Tom Tresh dies
VENICE, Fla. -- Tom Tresh, the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and part of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series, has died. He was 71.
Tresh died Wednesday after a heart attack, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements....Tags: New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson
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Tom Tresh
Tom Tresh has died. He was 71. Tresh was the 1962 AL Rookie of the Year and part of three New York Yankees teams that reached the World Series. Tresh died Wednesday after a heart attack, according to the funeral home handling the arrangements. Tresh...Tags: New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, Chicago White Sox, Yogi Berra, Bob Gibson
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'69 Mets set to tear it up one last time
Palm Beach PostNEW YORK — Take it from Ed Kranepool, the original Mr. Met: Even though Shea Stadium is destined for the wrecking ball, for many Mets fans the old field will live on. Almost four decades ago, on the wildest day in team history, they took a piece of...Tags: Chipper Jones, Babe Ruth, Tony Perez, Florida Marlins, Pete Rose
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His field of dreams: Groundskeeper Flynn has been at Shea since the beginning
mark.herrmann@newsday.comWhen the Beatles played Shea Stadium in 1965, it was Pete Flynn who drove them from the stage to beyond the centerfield fence, where an armored car waited to take them to the World's Fair heliport. And when Paul McCartney made a surprise appearance at a...Tags: Billy Joel, Metal and Mineral, Paul McCartney, Robin Ventura, Mike Piazza
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Shea was blue collar arena for blue collar fans
wallace.matthews@newsday.comI had to look up the date - Aug. 14, 1964 - on a Web site, but I can remember the day as if it were yesterday. The Mets played the Phillies in what used to be known as a "twi-night" doubleheader, two more losses in what would turn out to be a 109-loss...Tags: Nolan Ryan, Lincoln Center, Delta Air Lines, Multi-Sport Events, Johnny Bench
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Learning few things from the presidential debate
This will sound like faint praise. But the main thing to say about the first debate of 2008 is that it happened. Given the weirdness of the run-up, the initial "Good evening" really was the headline of the night. No knockout punch was delivered. Nothing...Tags: Banking, Paul Newman, Ben Bernanke, Sarah Palin, John McCain
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